About Airwallex
Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 100,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale.
Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 1,500 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech located across more than 20 offices across the globe. Valued at US$5.6 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Sequoia, Lone Pine, Greenoaks, DST Global, Salesforce Ventures and Mastercard, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you’re ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.
We are searching for an experienced Account Executive, based in Paris, France who will join us as part of our founding French team.
Airwallex aspires to partner with the most ambitious businesses globally. The SME & Growth sales team is where this partnership begins. Your primary focus will be bringing on new SME (50 – 500 employees) customers and leveraging your skills in pitching, negotiating and driving internal processes to set up our partnerships for success. We are looking for someone who has a passion for building relationships, selling, and negotiating, and a desire to revolutionize the way companies transact globally.
If you have a customer-first mentality, are solution-focused, obsessively curious about everything, and have the desire to make an impact and grow yourself, our market, and our customers, then you have found your calling!
It will be a fully remote role until we secure our first office in early 2025. You will be a part of a team of three: two account executives and an SDR, and will collaborate with peers from our other European offices: London, Amsterdam, Tel Aviv and Vilnius. We are currently 170+ employees in the EMEA and more than 1,700 globally.
What You’ll Be Doing…
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Owning the full sales cycle, territory management from prospecting to close
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Be accountable for increasing revenue and new client acquisition
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Representing Airwallex at client meetings and events (some travel required)
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Meticulous CRM usage and forecasting
What You Bring…
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5+ years of sales experience, preferably selling a technical product, with a track record of top performance
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Ability to understand complex technical requirements and craft solutions across multiple products
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Passionate about sales with the ability to develop and execute territory plans
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Strong presentation and communication skills, particularly for in-person meetings with multiple stakeholders (CXO)
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Proven ability to lead complex negotiations involving bespoke commercial agreements and multi-product sales
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Superior verbal and written communication skills in English and French is a must
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Ability to operate in a highly ambiguous and fast-paced environment
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Strong interest in technology and a deep understanding of space
At Airwallex you’ll have the ability to make an impact in a rapidly growing, global fintech. We want you to share in our success, which is why you’ll be offered a competitive salary plus valuable equity within Airwallex. We also like to ensure we create the best environment for our people by providing a collaborative open office space with a fully stocked kitchen. We organize regular team-building events and we give our people the freedom to be creative.
Equal opportunity
Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.
